Evernote has proved to extend my personal knowledge database by allowing me to efficiently find references I have marked previously. On a project I recently researched concerning the impacts of music upon a student's achievement in school, I went to numerous websites and clipped more articles and scholarly journals than needed. Even though I did not need that many, I know that data will prove to be useful in the future when I need to reference it. The more important feature of the Evernote webclipper is that it can organize everything you mark into separate notebooks and even into smaller categories if your notebooks are abundant with internet references. You can organize everything based on how your brain functions and how your brain remembers certain articles.
During my project I came across articles that were intriguing and did not need for my project, but I inputted into my database regardless. Once I understood that I should not limit my options to the boundaries of that class alone and acted upon it, I started putting my daily article readings from newspapers and other reputable article websites into notebooks too. At first I used Evernote because it was something my professor was suggesting our class to use and me, being a "good student" abided by. Now it has become a tool for my personal use as well and organizing my own thoughts essentially. Meaning, that when I am interested in a certain topic a was reading beforehand and wanted to reference it later, I could just type in a keyword and it would come up because I tagged an article with that word or even on a larger scope, in one of my notebooks.
I know I will continue to use it in the future now as the funding for the arts are on the decline. I am more than sure I will be going back into my Evernote notebooks and searching through the websites I have clipped that could provide themselves useful of a persuasive argument essay. As a future music educator, I know it will be very unlikely that I will have a job in a town that the arts has a large supportive community and bit budget. I know I will have to fight for grants to allow my students to expand their musical minds and go to music festivals or workshops. I might even have to fight to keep music alive in a school system I am working in and try to relay the message that music in students' lives is beneficial beyond the realm of music. On a lesser note, I know I will be using it to reference articles on teaching or on students' attitudes towards certain ideas so that I can become a better teacher and to understand answers to previous questions.
During my project I came across articles that were intriguing and did not need for my project, but I inputted into my database regardless. Once I understood that I should not limit my options to the boundaries of that class alone and acted upon it, I started putting my daily article readings from newspapers and other reputable article websites into notebooks too. At first I used Evernote because it was something my professor was suggesting our class to use and me, being a "good student" abided by. Now it has become a tool for my personal use as well and organizing my own thoughts essentially. Meaning, that when I am interested in a certain topic a was reading beforehand and wanted to reference it later, I could just type in a keyword and it would come up because I tagged an article with that word or even on a larger scope, in one of my notebooks.
I know I will continue to use it in the future now as the funding for the arts are on the decline. I am more than sure I will be going back into my Evernote notebooks and searching through the websites I have clipped that could provide themselves useful of a persuasive argument essay. As a future music educator, I know it will be very unlikely that I will have a job in a town that the arts has a large supportive community and bit budget. I know I will have to fight for grants to allow my students to expand their musical minds and go to music festivals or workshops. I might even have to fight to keep music alive in a school system I am working in and try to relay the message that music in students'
lives is beneficial beyond the realm of music. On a lesser note, I know I will be using it to reference articles on teaching or on students' attitudes towards certain ideas so that I can become a better teacher and to understand answers to previous questions.